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The MotoGP race at the Tissot Australian Grand Prix saw Valentino Rossi take his second win of 2014, with Jorge Lorenzo and Bradley Smith also on the podium. Marc Marquez crashed out of an incident packed race whilst leading and Dani Pedrosa was forced to retire after being clipped by Andrea Iannone.

Resident MotoGP junkie and photographer formidable Les Kalman sat down with renowned American racing ace Colin Edwards in Austin, TX at the Grand Prix of the Americas in April, his home race where he announced his retirement from road racing. In the interview, which is posted in two parts (watch for Part II next week), Kalman gets Edwards to talk about retirement, being flicked to the moon, and the struggles of being part of a CRT/Open team.

April 14, 2014- Marc Marquez has completed the perfect weekend in Austin, having led every session, taken pole (with a new lap record), recorded a new fastest race lap and crowned it with a victory this afternoon. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa, also contributed to the fantastic Repsol Honda spectacle with a strong second place 16.8 seconds ahead of third place finisher Dovizioso.

April 11, 2014- Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez, race winner here last year, has made his intentions clear from the start at Austin's Circuit of the Americas. Marc finished this morning's FP1 session at the top of the time sheets with a lap of 2'04.704 on lap 10 of 15, and 0.8s faster than any other rider.

AUSTIN, Texas (April 10, 2014) – Today veteran American MotoGP™ racer Colin Edwards, dubbed the "Texas Tornado," stunned attendees at the pre-race press conference for the 2014 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas being held April 11-13 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, by announcing he would be retiring at the end of the 2014 season, thus ending his stellar 22 seasons as a professional motorcycle racer.